Mobile diagnosis: Hamman's crunch in a primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Mobile phone technology is gaining popularity in healthcare systems, particularly in providing clinical care to patients. A novel use of a mobile phone by a patient to record praecordial sounds (Hamman's crunch) is described which helped in the diagnosis of his condition.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2010-06, Vol.27 (6), p.482-483
Hauptverfasser:	Jaiganesh, Thiagarajan, Wright, Kate, Sadana, Arvinder
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Cell Phone Cellular telephones Family medical history Heart Humans Lung - diagnostic imaging Male Noise Pneumothorax - diagnosis Pneumothorax - diagnostic imaging Radiography Respiratory Sounds
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Zusammenfassung:	Mobile phone technology is gaining popularity in healthcare systems, particularly in providing clinical care to patients. A novel use of a mobile phone by a patient to record praecordial sounds (Hamman's crunch) is described which helped in the diagnosis of his condition.
ISSN:	1472-0205 1472-0213
DOI:	10.1136/emj.2009.079681